Iran Reportedly Accepts Crypto and Yuan for Strait of Hormuz Shipping Tolls

Iran has established what amounts to a formalized toll system at the Strait of Hormuz, accepting Chinese yuan and crypto โ€“ specifically stablecoins pegged to fiat currencies โ€“ as payment for naval escort through the waterway, according to a Bloomberg report published April 1. The system, administered through an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked intermediary, assigns each nation a friendliness ranking of one to five and requires vessel operators to submit documentation for geopolitical vetting before receiving a VHF-broadcast passcode and IRGC Navy escort. At least two vessels have already paid…

Metaplanet Buys 5,075 Bitcoin in Q1 2026, Total Holdings Hit 40,177 BTC โ€“ Crypto News Bitcoin News

Metaplanet Overtakes MARA Holdings in Bitcoin Race With Q1 2026 Purchase The Tokyo-based company Metaplanet (TSE: 3350 / OTCQX: MTPLF) disclosed the Q1 acquisition on April 2, 2026, confirming the purchase was completed by March 31. The company spent roughly $398 million on the quarterโ€™s buys, acquiring bitcoin at a weighted average price of approximately $78,000 to $79,898 per coin. With bitcoin trading near $66,400 on announcement day, Metaplanetโ€™s holdings carried a market value of approximately $2.67 billion. On a mark-to-market basis, that represents an unrealized loss of roughly 32…

Hyperliquid Puts Wall Street Onchain โ€” Will This Warp Crypto Volatility Next?

Bitget Wallet has integrated Hyperliquidโ€™s HIPโ€‘3 infrastructure, effectively plugging 24/7, permissionless onchain macro markets directly into its selfโ€‘custodial โ€œeveryday financeโ€ app. Related Reading Hyperliquid Expands Its Frontiers Once More The new joint venture was announced by Bitget Wallet and Hyperliquid on a press release published on Business Insider today. As explained on the announcement, Bitget Wallet users will now be able to trade a broad basket of realโ€‘worldโ€‘assets (RWAs) spot and perp markets, all from a single wallet interface. The offered RWAs include around 300 equities and ETFs, major indexes,…

Bitget Brings Crypto Into Everyday Spending With APAC Launch of Bitget Card โ€“ Press release Bitcoin News

PRESS RELEASE. Victoria, Seychelles, April 2, 2026 โ€” Bitget, the worldโ€™s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), in partnership with Visa and DCS, launched the Bitget Card across selected markets in Asia Pacific (APAC), extending crypto out of exchanges into everyday spending and marking another step toward a more unified financial experience where digital assets work quietly in the background of daily life. The initial rollout makes a virtual Bitget Card available to APAC users, with a physical card set to follow in the coming months. Issued in collaboration with DCS and…

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Citadel Securities-Backed Crypto Exchange Enters The Fray

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Crypto VC Paradigm to Launch Prediction Market Terminal

Crypto-focused venture capital firm Paradigm is reportedly building a prediction markets terminal, joining a wave of Wall Street companies looking for a way to serve the fast-growing sector. Led by Paradigm partner Arjun Balaji, the prediction market offering will cater to professional traders and market makers, Fortune said in a report on Wednesday, citing sources that said they started working on the project in late 2025. Paradigm is also considering rolling out an internal market-making desk โ€” an in-house team that provides liquidity by placing buy and sell orders โ€”…

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Crypto Payroll Evolves With Model That Pays in Yield Assets Plume has launched a new payroll pilot that could change how employees receive and use their income. In partnership with Toku and Wisdomtree, the company is allowing staff to receive part of their salary in a tokenized money market fund. The pilot uses Wisdomtreeโ€™s WTGXX fund, a regulated, yield-bearing asset. Instead of receiving all wages as cash, employees can opt to receive a portion directly in this tokenized product. The funds begin generating returns immediately. The concept builds on earlier…

Crypto Scam Leader Extradited to China to Face Charges

Li Xiong, a key member of group that served crypto scam rings throughout Asia, has been extradited to China after his arrest in Cambodia, where he will face fraud and money laundering charges, according to Hong Kong-based news outlet Ta Kung Wen Wei. โ€œOn April 1, with strong support from the relevant authorities in Cambodia, a task force sent by Chinaโ€™s Ministry of Public Security successfully escorted Li Xiong, a core key member of the Chen Zhi criminal syndicate, back to China from Phnom Penh, Cambodia,โ€ it said on Wednesday,…